Seminaries and Institutes Immediate Need

There is an immediate and ongoing need for photos of students and teachers in Seminaries and Institutes of Religion (S&I). These photos may be used on its website, official Facebook pages, online seminary, curriculum, articles, and other projects.

Many images are needed of students, teachers, classroom settings, and buildings in a wide variety of situations.

Please note: Class time should not be used for this request.

Submitting photos

Share photos through the Submit Photos. You can see specific things to avoid on the photo standards page. To help us more easily find the photos you submit, put the word “Seminary” or “Institute” in the description, depending on the age-group in the photo.

Photos Needed(avoid backgrounds that suggest affluence)

Teachers

Preparing

1. Middle-age woman or man sitting at a table preparing to teach seminary.

Praying while kneeling at a table with manuals and scriptures on table or chair.

Praying at the table with manuals and scriptures on table.

Praying while sitting at the table with iPad and scriptures on table.

Over-the-shoulder shot of scriptures on a cell phone or mobile device in hand.

Teaching — Students

Manual open on teacher’s podium or desk and teacher looking at the Gospel Teaching and Learning manual (i.e., teacher asking a question with manual open to “asking questions” portion)

Teaching a class. All the students talking, except for one who is feeling the Spirit.

Teaching

Making a point from the scriptures

Listening as a student teaches class

Teaching — Other Teachers

Teachers sitting in a circle and teaching each other

Full-time teacher in an S&I building teaching an in-service lesson to other full-time teachers (using scriptures, manuals, and handbook).

Coordinator in a Relief Society room or the chapel teaching an in-service lesson to stake-called teachers (using scriptures, manuals, and handbook).

Communicating with Students

Talking one-on-one with a student

Posting on class Facebook/Twitter page

Calling student on phone

Greeting students at the classroom door

Visiting a student at the student’s home

Visiting with student and parents at student’s home

Greeting student at extracurricular activity (outside seminary class)

Graduation

Congratulating student at seminary graduation ceremony

Congratulating student at school graduation ceremony

Teacher giving male student a seminary diploma

Teacher giving female student a seminary diploma

Teacher and student taking pictures with a seminary diploma

Teacher helping a student find an institute program online

Seminary Environments

Small class in a home around a kitchen or card table or in a living room

Small class in a branch building

Large class in ward or stake building

Teaching senior or junior students

Teaching sophomore or freshman students

Small seminary class taught by a stake-called teacher

Objects

Scriptures open on a desk(s)

Shelf(s) of scriptures

Diversity

East Coast (New York City) diversity

West Coast (Los Angeles) diversity

Midwest (Kansas City) diversity

Southern (Louisiana) diversity

International

Polynesian Islands diversity

African diversity

European diversity

Students

Reading scriptures

Leading the singing

Playing the piano

Singing

Talking to each other

Students raising their hands to speak

Students and teacher smiling, looking like they are enjoying seminary

Manuals

The front of the Gospel Teaching and Learning Manual held up as someone reads from it. Shoot the manual with the person reading blurred out behind it. Use different types of people — gender, race, ability.

Shots of each S&I manual being used by a teacher, with the manual as the focus.

*For photo backgrounds, use the First Presidency, temples, Jesus Christ, or nicely decorated walls. Students and teachers should appear to be engaged and happy and refrain from a sad or stern appearance. Also, please avoid photos of teachers pointing to or at students.